The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page iii
... Caustic , a fine gentleman of the last age , somewhat severe in his remarks on the present 5. On the writing of history - Ancient hi- story compared with modern · 6. The author attends Col. Caustic to a play - Remarks of the colonel on ...
... Caustic , a fine gentleman of the last age , somewhat severe in his remarks on the present 5. On the writing of history - Ancient hi- story compared with modern · 6. The author attends Col. Caustic to a play - Remarks of the colonel on ...
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... Caustic · 15. Description of a new variety of the hu- man race , the Phusalophagos , or Toad- eater • 16. Defects of modern female education in teaching the duties of a wife , exempli- fied in the narrative of Horatius 17. Influence of ...
... Caustic · 15. Description of a new variety of the hu- man race , the Phusalophagos , or Toad- eater • 16. Defects of modern female education in teaching the duties of a wife , exempli- fied in the narrative of Horatius 17. Influence of ...
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... Caustic Mackenzie • 32. Account of the colonel's family and occu- pation in the country - Sketch of the character of his sister 33. Relation of a visit to the house of Lord Grubwell , a neighbour of Col. Caustic's 34. Importance of ...
... Caustic Mackenzie • 32. Account of the colonel's family and occu- pation in the country - Sketch of the character of his sister 33. Relation of a visit to the house of Lord Grubwell , a neighbour of Col. Caustic's 34. Importance of ...
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... Caustic's parish 41. Arguments for the existence of sorcery in the present times - Enumeration of various kinds of modern witchcraft 42. On the poems of Hamilton of Bangour 43. The evils of a good neighbourhood [ • Mackenzie Prof ...
... Caustic's parish 41. Arguments for the existence of sorcery in the present times - Enumeration of various kinds of modern witchcraft 42. On the poems of Hamilton of Bangour 43. The evils of a good neighbourhood [ • Mackenzie Prof ...
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... and of others . On one hand , the childish vanity of new acquirements leads us to overlook those talents which in reality we possess , and to value ourselves on 14 3 . THE LOUNGER . Narrative of a modern dinner in company with Col Caustic.
... and of others . On one hand , the childish vanity of new acquirements leads us to overlook those talents which in reality we possess , and to value ourselves on 14 3 . THE LOUNGER . Narrative of a modern dinner in company with Col Caustic.
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